Did you get what you wanted for Christmas this year?

If you are like many people at the end of this year, Christmas gifts were on the lean side. You either gave what you could afford or you told people to get you only the necessities. For our family that meant new eyeglasses for 2 members of the family. Thanks goodness that our health insurance covered the majority of the expenses and our co-payments were less than $20 and it included the eye exams.

If you are not as fortunate to have health insurance that covers eye care, and not many of them do nowadays, you can shop for your eyeglasses online. More and more people are resorting to that alternative now. I do know that we were restricted on what eyeglass frames would be covered under our health plans and what ones would cost an arm and a leg. Knowing what was within our budget made it easy to choose frames, everyone was given a dollar limit and we shopped around till we found a place that offered a nice selection in our price range.

Under no circumstances should you buy your eyeglasses at the same place you had your eye exam unless you know you are getting the best deal on the eyeglasses. Get a copy of your eye exam and shop around.
I just had to add a picture of these wild colored frames just for kicks. It would be something that my ex sister-in-law would wear.